Interior of the Longwood Gardens Main Conservatory outside Philadelphia
for the annual Chrysanthemum Festival. Notice the red Mum-balls and white
Mum-balls hanging from the ceiling and the Yellow Blankets of Mums on the columns.
Golden Splendor Spider Mum
Pot of Golden Splendor Spider Mums
Golden Splendor Spider Mum
Red Wing Spoon Mums
Lavender Lucy Spoon Mums. Notice the tubular petals which open out into spoon-like forms.
White Mum-ball. Two dozen of these four foot spheres hang from the ceiling
on cables with pulleys. There are sixteen plants in each ball, and they are
lowered to the ground each morning to be watered. They come in four colors.
Yellow Mum-Ball
Janet Baker Spider Mums
Pot of Janet Baker Spider Mums
Dome of 500 Yellow Mums
This is a single plant with one stem and one root system, but it has been specially trained.
White Starlite Mums
Pink and White Thistle Mums - quite small
Yellow Thistle Mums
White Thistle Mums
Pink Rain Mum
Exotic White Mum
Pale Pink William Holden Mums.
Bed of William Holden Mums
Pink Anemone Tree Mums. This is actually just six mum plants which have
been pruned and pinched so that they have a long stalk and then a large cluster
of flowers at the end. There were also some in white.
Gold and copper "Martine" mum.
The Camellia Greenhouse had a variety of camellias.
A red and white camellia.
A pair of orchids.
Pink Nerines and White Marguerite Daisies along the Garden Path.
Chenille Plant
Bed of Dusky Queen Spider Mums beneath chenille plant.
Dusky Queen Spider Mum
There was also an exhibit of bonsai trees in the conservatory.
This maple is 45 years old.
Pink Flair Spider Mum
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Ball of pink Anemone Mums four feet in diameter.
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